(02-02-2018 05:18 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Back then, my preferred path forward was to rebuild the SWC around the core of remaining schools. I think we only needed 2 more under the existing rules. My second favorite option was to move as a group to a new conference. We could have moved to the WAC doing just that--but UH passed on that opportunity as well.

From what I understand, the UH administration at the time thought that the remaining private schools would not be good partners going forward and that we would be better off aligning with other large public schools. The fact UH passed on options 1 and 2 above in favor of a spread out conference where our fans had zero connection to anyone we played would seem to support what ive heard. Personally, as a college football above all else, I absolutely hated the idea of CUSA. It seemed to be much more of a basketball first conference that I didnt think would be a very good fit for the vast majority of UH fans (or the casual college football fans in the city).

On the other hand, I was very much in favor of UH moving to the new CUSA at that time. It seemed like a massive upgrade in basketball, which was my primary interest at the time. Maybe I was just too stuck in my UH memories of the 60s-80s.

And as for adding Tulsa and Tulane in a reformed SWC, that would be five small private schools with Rice, SMU, and TCU. Not much of a nucleus for TV rights. maybe trade UH to the B12 for Baylor and we could have had an FBS all-private conference.